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Visiting Hollywood's Famous Graves: If you had to choose only one Hollywood cemetery to visit, Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park would be your best bet .
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park is hidden behind the towering high rises that line in a busy Wilshire Boulevard; you could easily drive right past the park without even realizing it was there. Yet at this tiny cemetery near UCLA, it's much easier to find any grave you will find their final resting places of some of the most famous stars in Hollywood, including Marilyn Monroe, Kirk Douglas, Donna Reed, Dean Martin, Natalie Wood, Roy Orbison, Carroll O'Connor, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Don Knotts, Farrah Fawcett, Rodney Dangerfield, Eddie Albert, Peggy Lee, Mel Torme, George C. Scott, Burt Lancaster, Peter Falk, Eve Arden, Carl Wilson, Eva Gabor & her sister, Zsa Zsa Gabor Florence Henderson, Doris Roberts, Wayne Rogers, and Truman Capote. etc. Capote and the little girl from the “Poltergeist” movies Heather O'Rourke is buried here & several other children of celebrities who died tragically are here too, Popular with the show biz crowd (especially since Marilyn was buried here), Pierce Brothers is located away on the south side of Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood, and its almost impossible to find without specific directions. It can't be reached from either the north, south or east sides - the only entrance is on the west side, from Glendon Avenue or from Wilshire Blvd. going East bound and or Westwood Blvd right before you get to Wilshire Blvd, its the very last parking entrance before you get to Wilshire blvd. (almost the corner of Wilshire blvd and Westwood blvd)
This Cemetery is a final resting place for Hollywood stars ,is located just a few steps away from the i Pic movie theaters on Wilshire Boulevard ( Westwood downtown ) Most movie goers there are probably unaware that they are only a few yards away from some of the most famous stars in the history of Hollywood. The Westwood Village Memorial Park is quiet & well kept cemetery, with a single circular road which allows visitors to drive directly into the park. This road circles a grassy oval lawn where most of the stars are buried. To the south side of this grassy oval are offices; the northern and eastern borders of the park are lined by walls of outdoor crypts. Look around , there at any given day, and you'll see people doing just that ,wandering about heads down, trying to spot that one
particular star's marker. Fortunately, you've come to the right place. To get to Marilyn Monroe's crypt when you get in the cemetery turn right all the way to the end.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era's changing attitudes towards sexuality. Born : June 01,1926
Los Angeles, CA. Died: August 4,1962 , Brentwood Los Angeles CA. Full name : Norma Jeane Mortenson Spouse: Arthur Miller (m. 1956-1961), Joe DiMaggio (m. 1954-1955), James Dougherty
James Dougherty (m. 1942-1946) she was the most beautiful girl of her time.
Farrah Leni Fawcett was an American actress of stage and screen, model, and artist. A five-time Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she starred as private investigator Jill Munroe in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels.Spouse : Lee Majors (one million dollars man )(m.1973-1982) Children: Redmond O' Neal her Height was: 5:6 Born : February 2,1947 Corpus Christi, TX. Died :June 25,2009, providence
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Natalie Wood (1938-1981). It is located just a bit northwest of the center of the main lawn, three or four rows south of a large tree. You can spot it easily enough, since several sizable flower pots and planters rest on and around the grave. Natalie Wood, was the star of "Rebel Without a Cause" "West Side Story," "Miracle on 34th Street," "Splendor in the Grass" and "Marjorie Morning star.." She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Natalie also has her footprints immortalized outside of Grauman's Chinese Theater (formerly known as Mann's Chinese Theater ). She accidentally drowned in 1981 at age 43, at Catalina Island, off the yacht owned by her husband, Robert Wagner.
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